Foreign direct investment in Mexico Determinants and its effect on income inequality
Carmen Guadalupe Juárez Rivera, Gerardo Ángeles Castro
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Carmen Guadalupe Juárez Rivera, Gerardo Ángeles Castro
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By conducting panel data analysis across 32 federal entities in Mexico over the period 1994-2006, this paper studies the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) and its effect on income inequality within and between regions. We observe that the level of development and the size of the market have a direct relationship with FDI and therefore, they tend to increase the inequality gap between regions, but there is no evidence suggesting that it creates inequality within them.
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By conducting panel data analysis across 32 federal entities in Mexico over the period 1994-2006, this paper studies the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) and its effect on income inequality within and between regions. We observe that the level of development and the size of the market have a direct relationship with FDI and therefore, they tend to increase the inequality gap between regions, but there is no evidence suggesting that it creates inequality within them.
Key concepts: Foreign direct investment, Inequality, Economic inequality, Economics, Panel data, Market size, Income inequality metrics, Demographic economics